@Kyu
I took your comment as sarcasm; I don't understand you were being cynical.
A moral relativist I may assert that IN MY OPINION X Y or Z is the case. I do not assert my beliefs or opinions are absolutes,only that they are mine. OF course I can say grief is selfish or that it's OK to have sexual congress with ducks.These are opinions,not statements of fact.
Sorry to be a noodge,but you still have not answered my question: How is grief NOT selfish? IF the pain you feel is about YOUR loss, it's "selfish". IE it's about YOU,not the person who has died.
My father died in 2006,he was 87,demented ,and had been dying by inches for 5 years. I could not possibly wish him back, But I still grieve for him,and think of him every day.My grief is about MY sense of loss,and is selfish to that extent.Perhaps not selfish in the sadness I feel for my mother,who at 83, is lost without dad,to whom she was married for 60 years. Perhaps our disagreement may be a matter of semantics. In any case,I have nothing more to say.
I took your comment as sarcasm; I don't understand you were being cynical.
A moral relativist I may assert that IN MY OPINION X Y or Z is the case. I do not assert my beliefs or opinions are absolutes,only that they are mine. OF course I can say grief is selfish or that it's OK to have sexual congress with ducks.These are opinions,not statements of fact.
Sorry to be a noodge,but you still have not answered my question: How is grief NOT selfish? IF the pain you feel is about YOUR loss, it's "selfish". IE it's about YOU,not the person who has died.
My father died in 2006,he was 87,demented ,and had been dying by inches for 5 years. I could not possibly wish him back, But I still grieve for him,and think of him every day.My grief is about MY sense of loss,and is selfish to that extent.Perhaps not selfish in the sadness I feel for my mother,who at 83, is lost without dad,to whom she was married for 60 years. Perhaps our disagreement may be a matter of semantics. In any case,I have nothing more to say.
